Dong Si Nguyen

Dong Si Nguyen (1 March 1923-4 April 2019) was a PAVN Lieutenant-General during the Vietnam War.

Biography
Dong Si Nguyen was born in Quang Trach, Annam, French Indochina in 1923, and he joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1939 while in political exile in Thailand. In 1944, he secretly returned to Vietnam to assist in the guerrilla war against the Japanese, and he became the leader of the Viet Minh in Quang Binh Province during the First Indochina War. During the Vietnam War, he was instrumental in building the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and he also strengthened its anti-aircraft defenses. In 1974, he was promoted to Lieutenant-General, and he became a member of the Politburo in 1982. He died in 2019 at the age of 96.